What’s Barry been up to?
Since taking office in March 2011, Barry O’Farrell and his Government have made a number of cuts to funding, jobs, workers’ rights and services. Unions NSW has put together an overview of what the workers of NSW have endured thus far. Read More »
Global Roaming: bus & tram news from around the world
Houston, we have a problem School bus drivers in Houston, Texas, are fed up with rowdy kids. According to their union, the drivers have been putting up with kids jumping out of moving buses, smoking marijuana, fighting and generally carrying on like pork chops. One bus was even shot at. Read More »
Sydney Morning Herald attacks rail workers
Last week the Sydney Morning Herald ran an editorial attacking rail workers, and backing calls for station staff and train guards to be sacked. RTBU Branch Secretary Alex Claassens sent a letter of response to the newspaper, but the gutless newspaper refused to publish it. Read More »
Brisbane gas bus explosion prompts immediate action
All Brisbane gas buses were taken off the road over the weekend following a gas explosion at Virginia bus depot. The move provides a further example of the good sense NSW drivers showed last year in taking buses off the roads, after footage came to light showing a gas bus exploding on the road. Unlike the NSW […] Read More »
Happiness is a safe bus
Swift action taken by drivers over safety issues associated with gas-powered buses has forced STA to acknowledge the problem and take the necessary steps to fix it. The Bus Division appeared today before the Industrial Relations Commission to bring an end to drivers’ dispute with State Transit Authority over safety on gas powered buses. Read More »
Gas bus action vindicated
Last week bus drivers took a strong stand for workplace safety, after video footage came to light showing a dangerous explosion on a gas-powered STA bus in July. Because of your actions, STA was forced to finally start taking the issue seriously – after months of assuring drivers that everything was fine. Yesterday drivers were […] Read More »
Unions show support for drivers standing up for safety
Last night at a meeting at Unions NSW the Bus Division tabled a letter, explaining the action that drivers took this week to ensure their safety and the safety of passengers after video footage came to light showing a gas powered bus exploding near Port Botany. The letter stated that: “On Tuesday bus drivers took […] Read More »
Emerging pattern of cover-ups reveals where true bastardry lies
Action taken yesterday by bus drivers has finally forced STA to take the safety of drivers and the travelling public seriously. After a video, brought forward by a whistleblower member of the public, exposed just how dangerous the recent explosion of a gas-powered bus was, the Industrial Relations Commission ordered STA to report back on […] Read More »
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- Crisis talks: next steps 22 February, 2018
- Transport NSW to fine Spanish consortium Acciona $500,000 for every day light rail is delayed 21 February, 2018
- Longer trips for light rail passengers without green-light priority 21 February, 2018
- Sydney light rail MESS 20 February, 2018
- Huge crowd demands review of Newcastle and Lake Macquarie’s new bus timetable 19 February, 2018